Trend in Amature Tournament Golf?

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> @2much2ask said:

> Both were nice courses, but you could play with a 30 handicap. I was just ticked that they were playing with me and needed to vent. Thanks for the feedback!

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> > @Augster said:

> > Were both tourneys at nice courses most people can’t get on? Sounds like the course today was an exclusive private course.

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> > For some of us, the only way we are ever getting on the top end private courses is through the state associations. I’ve seen a few guys deep 6 their cap to get low enough to sign up, just so they can play the course. I’d do the same to play Interlochen or Hazeltine here in MPLS. There simply isn’t any other, legal, way on.

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> > If a guy has to kill his cap with fake scores to get low enough to sign up to play, his cap will normalize soon enough. It only takes 10 fake scores to get a low handicap. Sign up, play the event, then put in 20 fake scores to bring your cap back.

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> > This is probably what you are running into. Pretty unlucky, but if the courses are nice enough, exclusive enough, you will see this from time to time.

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Well I got paired with a legitimate +1 HC and 1 HC in an event and because they were shooting poorly ruined it for me and our 4th who were playing fast, following the rules and playing well. They were cussing, throwing clubs, blaming everyone and everything except themselves. One walked off on 10.

 

Playing with &$%wads can happen any time. But, Maybe the guy had terminal cancer with a short time left and wanted to play that course. Who knows? Or maybe he knew you were playing and are such an awesome player, totally admired your game and really wanted to play with you just once!

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> @HitEmTrue said:

> > @Hawkeye77 said:

> > > @jacob7071 said:

> > > > @LeoLeo99 said:

> > > > I thought by the current rules you are allowed to ground your club in the bunker and drop in the fairway for lost ball.

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> > > I believe it's a local rule that allows you to drop a ball in the fairway if your last shot is lost or OB and you didn't hit a provisional. Most city/state golf association amateur tournaments do not adopt that local rule. It's always stroke and distance.

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> > I'm assuming this is generally true since the distinction is made concerning "elite" amateur competitions - I'm sure that allows quite a bit of interpretion, however.

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> Just because the local rule is not intended for elite competitions doesn’t mean that most non-elite competitions are adopting it. Several folks on here have stated that their clubs do not use the rule in competition.

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We just had our Club Champs (36 hole strokeplay over one day) and we didn't use the rule. It is in play for everything else. Still seems a little odd to me. I think it would have been better to have it as a default and have clubs specify that it _wasn't_ in play.

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> @Mudguard said:

> > @HitEmTrue said:

> > > @Hawkeye77 said:

> > > > @jacob7071 said:

> > > > > @LeoLeo99 said:

> > > > > I thought by the current rules you are allowed to ground your club in the bunker and drop in the fairway for lost ball.

> > > >

> > > > I believe it's a local rule that allows you to drop a ball in the fairway if your last shot is lost or OB and you didn't hit a provisional. Most city/state golf association amateur tournaments do not adopt that local rule. It's always stroke and distance.

> > >

> > > I'm assuming this is generally true since the distinction is made concerning "elite" amateur competitions - I'm sure that allows quite a bit of interpretion, however.

> >

> > Just because the local rule is not intended for elite competitions doesn’t mean that most non-elite competitions are adopting it. Several folks on here have stated that their clubs do not use the rule in competition.

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> >

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> We just had our Club Champs (36 hole strokeplay over one day) and we didn't use the rule. It is in play for everything else. Still seems a little odd to me. I think it would have been better to have it as a default and have clubs specify that it _wasn't_ in play.

 

Simpler and safer for competitors to have it as a local rule than the standard rule. I'd rather be used to playing straight up in casual play then in competition get the freebies than the other way around as it can get you in bad habits.

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> @SNIPERBBB said:

> > @Mudguard said:

> > > @HitEmTrue said:

> > > > @Hawkeye77 said:

> > > > > @jacob7071 said:

> > > > > > @LeoLeo99 said:

> > > > > > I thought by the current rules you are allowed to ground your club in the bunker and drop in the fairway for lost ball.

> > > > >

> > > > > I believe it's a local rule that allows you to drop a ball in the fairway if your last shot is lost or OB and you didn't hit a provisional. Most city/state golf association amateur tournaments do not adopt that local rule. It's always stroke and distance.

> > > >

> > > > I'm assuming this is generally true since the distinction is made concerning "elite" amateur competitions - I'm sure that allows quite a bit of interpretion, however.

> > >

> > > Just because the local rule is not intended for elite competitions doesn’t mean that most non-elite competitions are adopting it. Several folks on here have stated that their clubs do not use the rule in competition.

> > >

> > >

> >

> > We just had our Club Champs (36 hole strokeplay over one day) and we didn't use the rule. It is in play for everything else. Still seems a little odd to me. I think it would have been better to have it as a default and have clubs specify that it _wasn't_ in play.

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> Simpler and safer for competitors to have it as a local rule than the standard rule. I'd rather be used to playing straight up in casual play then in competition get the freebies than the other way around as it can get you in bad habits.

 

I don't know if it's a bad habit. It's a new rule. I've recently shifted clubs and it is certainly not a clear cut decision to hit a provisional or take a drop. It all depends how the first tee shot went. If you've hit a screaming hook and it's gone out 50m away, then it's better to hit a provisional as you're likely to get the ball down the fairway some distance, rather than hitting your fourth from the fairway only 50 metres away from the tee. Whereas if you've hit a good tee shot and it's gone out of bounds near the end of it's trip then the new drop is much more appealing.

 

 

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A good shot that goes OB is a tactical error.